Florida has emerged as a premier destination for data center development, offering a strategic combination of robust infrastructure and a favorable business climate. Florida Power and Light’s reliable electricity and resilient grid, coupled with the state’s business-friendly regulatory environment, create compelling economics for technology infrastructure operators. With thoughtfully designed rate structures that balance operational needs with customer protection, FPL stands ready to support responsible data center growth across Florida. Click the link below to learn more about FPL’s Large Load Customer Service rates.
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Florida is a hot spot for tech companies! With a top-ranked higher education system and an infrastructure built for innovation, Florida will keep your company ahead of what’s next. Whether your business specializes in IT services, mobile app development, disaster recovery, software solutions, artificial intelligence, data analytics or telecommunications, there is a space for your innovation.
Florida offers a dual tax benefit for data centers: exemption from state sales tax on electricity purchases and sales tax exemption on eligible data center equipment, creating substantial operational savings that enhance your facility's long-term financial performance.
FPL operates one of the nation's most robust transmission networks, including an extensive 500kV backbone that delivers exceptional reliability and capacity for large-scale data center operations requiring consistent, high-volume power delivery.
FPL's infrastructure investment includes one of the strongest, most storm-resilient electric grids in the nation, with hardened transmission lines and strategically positioned substations designed to maintain power delivery even during severe weather events.
Also known as Cyber Florida, the Center was created to help Florida become a national leader in cybersecurity education, academic and practical research, and community outreach and engagement.
The WonderFL campaign is a first-of-its-kind campaign to promote the state of Florida as an ideal location to live, work and play. It features statewide and regional websites, from Tampa and Orlando to Miami and West Palm Beach, promoting the unique work/life balance, employment opportunities and quality of life found in Florida. What will your life be in FL?
A 23-county region spanning from South Florida to the Panhandle, the Corridor is a place where research and world-class innovation thrive across clusters, from e-commerce to software products and fintech and financial services.
Florida's statewide workforce policy and investment board helps connect businesses with the talented workforce and training needed to succeed and grow, such as project managers, software engineers, and IT support.
Large energy users — including manufacturing facilities, industrial operations or emerging sectors like data centers — can play an important role in a growing economy. The key is making sure that growth happens responsibly and does not shift costs or risks onto families and small businesses.
D-Wave Quantum Inc., the only dual-platform quantum computing company, providing annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced it has selected Boca Raton as the location of its new corporate HQ and a key U.S. R&D facility.
The great wealth migration to Florida is producing more than rich retirees sipping margaritas in tiki bars on sun-splashed beaches. It’s fueling a high-tech investment surge that’s transforming America’s largest peninsula into Silicon South.
The last time you conducted a site search for your company, did you ask yourself and your team, “Where do our customers want us to be?” Jack Daly, Joseph Castonguay and Victor Lozinski did that, and all three decided to move their businesses from California to Florida.
The state of Florida added more tech companies than any other state in the nation in 2021, according to a new report published by CompTIA, a top trade associate of the IT sector. Driven by rising prices and unfavorable tax regulations, tech companies flocked to The Sunshine State, landing in cities like Miami, Orlando, and Jacksonville. According to the report, Florida added 2,715 tech businesses last year, placing ahead of previously known tech hubs like California and North Carolina.
Grover, the electronics rental marketplace, has joined a cavalcade of tech firms descending on Miami to base its US operations. The German company, which raised $1 billion last summer, opened its US headquarters in the city this week, just a few months after launching operations in the US. The Florida city has emerged as a destination of choice for many start-ups and entrepreneurs, eschewing the well-worm environs of Silicon Valley, including European start-ups looking for their US base of operations.
Miami has always showcased its diverse culture and nightlife. With beaches and bars and beautiful people galore, the ‘capital of Latin America’ is a well-established destination to let loose and have fun. While this reputation has made Miami rich, generating over $1.5bn in tourism tax annually, the city – and South Florida more widely – has traditionally felt a long distance, both physically and culturally, from the tech hubs found on the Pacific west coast. However, with the pandemic disrupting traditional enterprise models, Miami is suddenly the buzz location for tech investment. Over the past 18 months, hundreds of companies, from cryptocurrency to digital marketing, have set up shop. Last year, the city witnessed more than $970m in venture funding, up from just $135m in 2016.
2021 was a banner year for South Florida's tech sector. Miami-area startups not only attracted record venture capital investments this year; The region also became a hub for the emerging cryptocurrency industry and saw homegrown companies like Papa reach unicorn status with billion-dollar-plus valuations.
The venture makes mobile data mining centers for the mining of Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
The cryptocurrency craze continues as American cities are now racing for the title of "crypto capital." Miami is leading the way to becoming the central hub with different initiatives involving residents while forging the way with the first CityCoin. Miamicoin, generated by CityCoins, will result in yield for all Miami residents, allowing people to invest in the city by purchasing tokens.
Spectrum's trust and safety platform uses AI to detect toxic online behaviors.
Miami beat out rivals like New York City and Austin, Texas on Forbes' new ranking of emerging technology hubs in the U.S. The one metro it couldn't surpass? Tampa.
Miami, Boca Raton, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Lake Mary—the options for business are endless. Our team of experts can help you understand complicated problems, connect you with partners, scout real estate options, browse service providers and put all the pieces together. For business tech questions, from automation to outsourcing, we can help connect you with colocation services, managed services, cloud services and more, bringing technology in Florida to you. The growing tech industry here ensures access to Florida data centers so you can be at the forefront of the latest innovations.